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...most amazing characteristics of Lloyd's brand of comedy is his ability to make the most of an absurd situation. The pathetic Harold that tries so hard to commit suicide - unsuccessfully - or bring home an armful of groceries to his wife is great comedy. Even the joy ride in the new Model T with the family is so wrought with misfortune and peculiar circumstance that laughter is uncontrollable...
...majority in the Senate usually makes that body amenable. With that in mind, the Presi dent permitted his Senate leaders to attach a modified form of the King-Anderson medicare bill as an amendment to an unre lated welfare bill. This had the advantage of bypassing the Senate Finance Commit tee, headed by Medicare Foe Harry Byrd...
However, he said that permission was granted in the Buildings and Grounds Department without prior knowledge by the senior Administration officers. It did not commit the University to cooperate further, he emphasized...
...Washington sees it, Souvanna's neutralist government represents the most palatable of several ugly alternatives. The U.S. has tried to defeat the Reds in Laos by arming and training General Phoumi's army-but Phoumi failed. The Pentagon remains reluctant to commit U.S. armed forces to a landlocked, roadless and rugged terrain for an endless guerrilla war against Communists from China and North Viet Nam. Souvanna may well suffer the fate of other non-Communist leaders who have tried to govern in conjunction with the Reds and have lost their countries to Communist subversion...
...operation of the libel laws is even more serious. Judges and juries are increasingly inclined to regard any criticism as defamation and to award damages out of all relation to any harm done. The trouble here is not that newspapers do commit libels and do pay heavy damages...